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Encyclopedia ID 1088

Omok

Also known as Gomoku

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Korean five-in-a-row game on a 19x19 go board.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of South Korea.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Japan and Korea.

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